Nutrient-fortified white kidney bean compound powder solid drink

The nutrient-fortified white kidney bean compound powder solid drink is neither a "sugar control miracle drug" that allows you to eat a lot and not gain weight, nor is it a completely useless IQ tax - its role is extremely clear, and it can only play a certain role in interfering with post-meal blood sugar fluctuations and excess starch caloric intake in high-starch diet scenarios, and the premise is that you choose a regular product with active ingredient content that meets the standards and is compliant with the filing, and you use the right consumption method.

A while ago, I helped a girl who works in new media adjust her weight management plan. She could tolerate everything else, but she couldn't give up the pineapple buns and iced milk tea for afternoon tea. Her blood sugar spiked to 7.8 2 hours after the meal was measured. She was so groggy after eating that she couldn't work all afternoon. I asked her to drink a bag of the compliance-enhanced version that I often recommend to users 15 minutes before eating next time. With the same diet, her post-meal blood sugar was only 6.2 that day. She was shocked and asked me if she could eat whatever she wanted in the future. I poured cold water on her on the spot: If you eat cream cake and fried chicken wings next time, it will be useless even if you drink ten bags.

Many people are very controversial about this product. Essentially, the opinions on both sides are too extreme. The bloggers who sell the product are eager to tout it as a universal fat-reducing drug, saying that it can block all sugar and make you lose weight after drinking it. This is purely exaggerated propaganda - the core ingredient in white kidney beans is an alpha-amylase inhibitor. To put it bluntly, it "blocks the way" of the enzyme in your body that breaks down starch. In the end, It can prevent 30%-40% of starch from being decomposed into glucose, but it has no effect on fructose in milk tea, animal butter in cakes, and half a cent of fat in barbecue. If you really have the mentality of "eat whatever you want with the buff", you will only get fatter and fatter. There is another school that says that it is purely a popular science account for IQ tax. When doing tests, many of them got off-brand products that cost 9 yuan and 9 free shipping. I have received Internet celebrity models from fans before. The first ingredient list is maltodextrin, the second is white sugar, and white kidney bean extract is second to last. The content is less than 1%. It is strange that the effect can be measured.

As for the "nutrient fortification" that you often see, it is not all a gimmick by merchants. Regular products contain ingredients with clear effects. For example, the addition of soluble dietary fibers such as resistant dextrin and inulin is like laying a slow-absorbing buffer layer on the inner wall of the intestine, allowing the decomposed glucose to slowly enter the blood without soaring to a high level; some also add chromium picolinate, which is a "little assistant" to insulin and can help insulin better transport blood sugar, which is especially friendly to people with pre-diabetes; some also add B vitamins to help metabolize the energy eaten, so that you will not be tired from controlling carbohydrates. But a reminder, all effects must be based on "enough dosage". For example, chromium needs to be supplemented to 200 μg every day to be effective. Some products only add 10 μg per bag, which is just a pretense to deceive laymen.

In fact, I don’t have so many fancy criteria when choosing this type of product. First, look at the ingredient list. The first one must be white kidney bean extract, not maltodextrin or white sugar. Then it must be marked with the activity unit of α-amylase inhibitor, at least every A bag of more than 1,000U is required. Finally, check whether there is a formal registration for solid drinks. Those who dare to boast that they have "fat-reducing effects" and "health-care effects" should not buy them. Our country has not approved fat-reducing blue hats for such products at all. Anyone who dares to brag about them is illegal.

I usually put two bags in my bag, and only drink it in two situations: either when friends invite me to eat northwest food, they must nibble on the rice and eat oily noodles, which are all high in starch. I make a bag before the meal, and I will not feel drowsy after eating, and the blood sugar test after the meal is much more stable; If I were to go to a dessert shop or eat barbecue on skewers today, I wouldn’t bring it with me at all. It would be useless if I brought it with me. The calories of fat are much higher than that of starch, so I can’t stop it at all.

Of course, it is not suitable for everyone. People with weak stomachs and prone to flatulence may experience a lot of farting and a little bloating at the beginning. This is not poisoning, but undecomposed starch running into the colon and being fermented by bacteria. Drink half of it and take two or three days to get used to it. Pregnant women, nursing mothers, and people with amylase deficiency should not take this risk. There is no need to take this risk.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a "diet patch" for lazy people. If you usually eat low-carb and exercise regularly, there is no need to spend this money; if you occasionally can't control your mouth and want to indulge, or you need to control post-meal blood sugar in the early stage of sugar consumption, choosing the right regular product can indeed help a little bit, but if you expect to lose weight while lying down by drinking it, then I advise you to save some money and buy two cups of milk tea to drink, which will be more enjoyable.